Dubai
E-Guide
Dubai
Municipality has launched an e-guide
for Dubai, which allows Internet
users to locate places in the emirate
through an Internet browser.
The
launch of the new service, which
is available at www.gis.gov.ae,
comes as part of the e-government
programme of the civic body.
Qassim
Sultan, Director-General of Dubai
Municipality, called the new e-venture
a revolution in the Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) sector
s the service could be availed by
all the local departments, government
establishments, general public and
tourists from any part of the world.
"This
will help streamline procedures
of a number of government departments
with respect to the GIS," Mr.
Sultan said, while addressing a
Press Conference organized to announce
the launch of the e-guide.
The
Press Conference was also attended
by Hussein Nasser Lootah, Assistant
Director-General of the Municipality
for Environment and Public Health
Affairs and Head of the e-government
committee at the civic body, and
Mohammed Al Zafin, Director of the
GIS Centre, Dubai e-guide is the
first official site for locating
activities, facilities and services
in the emirate of Dubai including
landmarks and historical sites.
It
is of great help in locating government
facilities and utilities with information
including addresses and images of
major landmarks. Locating places
can be done in three ways: Guided
Search (by selecting the name of
the place), Address Search (by keying
in the building number and road
number or name in addition to community
number or name) and Map Search (by
defining an area and then searching
within the specified distance).
The
Dubai e-guide can also be used for
printing maps and measuring distance
between places. There is a zoom
in and zoom out facility on the
site for the maps.
